PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Attorneys with an office in Buffalo, NY

Erie County

On the register
3,467
Currently registered
2,906
File of
Sep 29, 2026

3,467 living attorneys on the New York register file of Sep 29, 2026 give an office in Buffalo; 2,906 are currently registered, 70% of the 4,149 in Erie County. Hodgson Russ LLP is the employer most listed (141), and University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) the most common school.

Attorneys with an office in Buffalo, page 21

Currently registered, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyEmployerAdmitted
Katherine Rose BrunoSocial Security Administration2021
Caitlyn Grace Burns-HorriganErie County Department of Social Services2021
Carly Jean CazerNo employer listed2021
Erica Lynne ChiodoHodgson Russ LLP2021
Kayana CobbRupp Pfalzgraf, LLC2021
Thomas James ComfortErie County District Attorney’s Office2021
Andrew Sheridan Criado250 Delaware Avenue2021
Joseph F. DagherDagher Law PLLC2021
Adam Thomas DelleboviLewis & Lewis, P.C.2021
Michael M. DolceHayes Dolce2021
Eric Robert DuncanTully Rinckey, PLLC2021
Eliza Jean FrankCannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP2021
Emma Lauren FreedenbergCity of Buffalo Department of Law2021
Trek FulaterCity of Buffalo2021
Peter Philip GartnerLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.2021
Joshua Paul GmerekVoya Financial Inc2021
Katie Lynn GojevicBenderson Development2021
Sarah Marie GrimaldiPhillips Lytle LLP2021
Nolan Michael Hussain HaleHarter Secrest & Emery LLP2021
Mary Claire HamiltonHarter Secrest & Emery LLP2021

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

When they were admitted, against the state

Buffalo: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s6%1970s13%1980s18%1990s19%2000s25%2010s17%2020s
Buffalo: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s6%1970s13%1980s18%1990s19%2000s25%2010s17%2020s
Buffalo: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%6%1970s13%18%1990s19%25%17%2020s
Buffalo: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s6%1970s13%1980s18%1990s19%2000s25%2010s17%2020s
Share of Buffalo’s living attorneys admitted in each decade (columns) against all living attorneys with a New York office (dashed).
DecadeBuffaloAll New York
1950s<1%<1%
1960s1%2%
1970s6%6%
1980s13%13%
1990s18%18%
2000s19%20%
2010s25%24%
2020s17%18%

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Firms with the most attorneys in Buffalo

FirmAttorneys
Hodgson Russ LLP141
Phillips Lytle LLP96
Lippes Mathias LLP85
Barclay Damon LLP60
Goldberg Segalla LLP56
Rupp Pfalzgraf LLC49
Hurwitz Fine P.C.49
Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP45

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged.

Where Buffalo’s attorneys studied

Law schoolAttorneys
University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY)2,078
Syracuse University College of Law105
Albany Law School97
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School48
University of Toledo College of Law42
Cornell Law School42
Notre Dame Law School41
Georgetown University Law Center29

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Questions this place leads to

  1. Erie County’s registered barBuffalo holds 70% of the county’s 4,149 currently registered attorneys.
  2. Everyone who lists Hodgson Russ LLP141 of them give an office in Buffalo; 219 on the register in all.
  3. University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) graduates on the register2,078 of Buffalo’s attorneys studied there, more than at any other school.
  4. Every New York city and town on the registerEach place with its attorneys and how many are currently registered.
  5. Check another New York lawyerBy name, firm, city, school or registration number.

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